In 2017, between mid October and mid November, IRCC had received over 200000 applications. I am guessing, they were overwhelmed with that experience. “Majority of those who have received test invites, oaths and or their passports are not part of this forum.” I had a chat with a constituency assistant, who then told me that immigration are doing everything they could to get those completed within the average processing time. Some do get theirs early, that’s actually a good news because ours would be in line to be completed. Some of the milestones/ events take a little longer. For example, the background checks, security. The person who has to respond back to our application officer may take an extra day to about a week. There could be other factors too, like summer vacations, sick leaves.
It’s been a good journey for most and most have been really helpful. Some have been realist and others seekers.
Like a dear friend said; have waited years, couple more months wait won’t be a big deal.